An old media totem responds to Jeff Jarvis
In his response to my review of his book What Would Google Do? Jeff Jarvis describes me as “a convenient totem for the media’s insistence on viewing the world through old media lenses.”
I definitely feel like a totem after reading the post on his blog because he attributes to me a set of views I don’t hold (or only partially hold) and then criticises those instead of mine. Read more
David Einhorn has a treasure trove in Manhattan
David Einhorn, the hedge fund manager who is most famous for shorting Lehman Brothers before its collapse, was talking at the Value Investing Congress in New York today.
Mr Einhorn talked about his reasoning for buying gold as a hedge against future inflation, and went into the reasons to be wary not only of the dollar but of currencies including the yen and sterling. Making a choice among them was like choosing between different forms of dental treatment, he said. Read more
Jeff Jarvis bites back at my review of his book
Jeff Jarvis has replied to my review of his book What Would Google Do? on his blog.
His conclusion is that old media commentators such as myself tend to be out of touch, or perhaps biased as a result of where they work, and should be replaced by younger, fresher voices. Read more
Rajaratnam and the spread of inside information
What strikes me about the arrest of Raj Rajaratnam on charges of insider trading is the light it sheds on how many organisations surrounding big companies are given access to inside information about their financial performance.
In Mr Rajaratnam’s case, he is alleged to have traded about a number of companies, including Google, IBM and Sun Microsystems, on the basis of inside information supplied to him by a range of management consultants, investors, credit ratings analysts and others. Read more
Or perhaps Windows 7 should be Windows 6
A reader points out that, according to the software numbering system Microsoft itself uses, Windows 7 is really Windows 6 rather than, as I calculated, Windows 8.
Windows 95 was Windows 4 and Windows XP was Windows 5. Vista was Windows 6 and, under the hood, this week’s release counts as 6.1 – making it Windows 6 as well. Read more
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John Gapper is an associate editor and the chief business commentator of the FT.
He has worked for the FT since 1987, covering labour relations, banking and the media. He is co-author, with Nicholas Denton, of 'All That Glitters', an account of the collapse of Barings in 1995.
Andrew Hill is an associate editor and the management editor of the FT. He is a former City editor, financial editor, comment and analysis editor, New York bureau chief, foreign news editor and correspondent in Brussels and Milan.
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